Nottingham Forest are stepping up their efforts to sign new players and now one deal is edging extremely close to completion. A new defender has been in the offing since the end of last month when Forest allowed Moussa Niakhate to leave for Lyon. The Reds are now in talks over a deal for Fiorentina defender Nikola Milenkovic – and the deal could be drawing to a conclusion. It was claimed by Gianluca Di Marzio last night that Forest were close to agreeing a fee with Fiorentina for Milenkovic. Forest are going to give Milenkovic a contract worth around £67,000-a-week and now there are more repor…